About

This restaurant is permanently closed. A message from Chef-Owner Bill Trudnowski: I love pasta! I love garlic! In fact, I love the aromas and flavors that make up the global influence of foods from our Pacific Northwest. Adriatic Grill is the embodiment of my passion for Italian and Mediterranean cuisines. Our Award winning, family run Adriatic Grill is steeped in rich European style and tradition, with welcoming family hospitality. Our cuisine is influenced by the many countries surrounding the Adriatic Sea. Our menu is seasonal, using local products, made fresh with the highest quality ingredients: hand made pizza dough…fresh fin fish and shellfish…meatballs made one at a time…hand selected choice quality steaks and chops…sauces, soups and desserts made in our kitchen daily. We are proud to be a part of the South Sound community and look forward to serving you.

Adriatic Grill - Italian Cuisine & Wine Bar is a wonderful place to plan for private events. Family dinners, cocktail parties, business luncheons, and wedding rehearsals, can be accommodated in the Private Dining Area.

Chicken breast is lightly crusted with Parmigiano-Reggiano and herb bread crumbs, served over olive oil-herb seasoned pappardelle pasta and grilled zucchini with zesty marinara and sliced fresh mozzarella. Cooked to order

Garlic, dijon and herb marinated skin-on chicken breast, grilled and served over linguine fini and a peperonata of bell peppers, onion and capers. Cooked to order

$29.00

Alaskan Sockeye Salmon

Grilled with fresh garlic-olive oil, served atop fresh grilled asparagus and sautéed heirloom tomatoes. Cooked to order to your specifications

$22.00

Smoked Balsamic St. Louis Pork Ribs*

Mediterranean spice rubbed Niman Ranch pork ribs are smoked until tender, basted with Chef Bill's famous balsamic BBQ sauce and served with Italian pasta-potato salad and Moroccan coleslaw. Cooked to order

Raspberry vodka shaken with zesty fresh lemonade and cranberry juice. Shaken to a perfect chill and served up

$8.00

Brandy Blossom

Korbel XS Brandy served on the rocks with sweet pomegranate liqueur and fresh fruit juices. Yum!

$8.00

Grand Pom-A-Rita

Miss Monique's twist on the margarita featuring pomegranate liqueur. Must be adventurous!

Back Bar Selections

Vodka

Absolut

Absolut Peppar

Bainbridge Legacy**

Belvedere

Cirôc 80

Grey Goose

Heritage Blood Orange**

Heritage Blueberry**

Heritage Coffee**

Heritage Coconut**

Heritage Lemon**

Heritage Peach**

Heritage Pomegranate**

Heritage Raspberry**

Ketel One

Peabody Jones**

Project "V" Single Silo**

Smirnoff (Well)

Stolichnaya

Stolichnaya Elit

Ultimat

VOX

Wishkah River Vodka**

Gin

Beefeater

Bombay

Bombay Sapphire

Boodles

Bullfinch 83**

City of London (Well)

Dry Fly**

Ebb & Flow**

Fremont Mischief**

Hendricks

Tanqueray

Tanqueray #10

Voyager

Tequila

1800 Reposado

Cabo Wabo Blanco

Cuervo Gold

Patrón Anejo

Patrón Silve

Sauza Gold (Well)

Sauza Hornitos Reposada

Rum

Appleton Estates V/X

Bacardi Light (Well)

Bacardi Limon

Captain Morgan Original

Malibu Coconut

Sailor Jerry

Bourbon & Whiskey

13 Corners Whiskey**

2Bar Whiskey**

Baker's 7 Yr

Basil Hayden

Black Velvet

Bookers

Bushmills Irish

Crown Royal

Dickel Tennessee (Well)

Dry Fly Wheat**

Fremont "Mischief" Rye**

Gentleman Jack

Jack Daniel's

Jameson Irish

Jameson Irish 12 Yr

Jim Beam

Jim Beam Black

Johnnie Walker Black

Johnnie Walker Green

Johnnie Walker Red

Knob Creek

Knob Creek Rye

Maker's Mark

Redbreast Irish 15 Yr

Seagram's 7

Willett

Woodford Reserve

Scotch

The Balvenie 12 Yr Double Wood

Chivas Regal 12 Yr

Cutty Sark

Dalwhinnie 15 Yr

Dewar's

Glenfiddich 12 Yr

Glenlivet 12 Yr

Highland Park 12 Yr

Lagavulin 16 Yr

Laphroig 10 Yr

Laphroig Cairdes

Linkwood

The Macallan 12 Yr

Oban 14 Yr

Oban Distiller's Reserve

Oban 21

Old Pulteney 21

Cognac & Brandy

Christian Brothers Brandy

Courvoisier VS

E&J Brandy

Hennessy Privilège VSOP

Hennessy XO

Korbel Brandy

Rémy Martin VSOP

Rémy Martin XO

Xante Pear

Happy Hour

Our Guests that are 21 years and over can enjoy Happy Hour in our Wine Bar and Bar Side patio seven days a week. Monday - Saturday 3:00 - 6:00, 9:00 - Close. Sunday - All Day. Every Thirsty Thursday: Happy Hour is 3pm - Close! Happy Hour not available with any other coupons, discounts or promotional offers

Happy Hour

We feature premium wells, draft beer and food specials all at a great price!

Wine Wednesdays

1/2 Off all Bottle Wine

Explore our great wine list and get a great deal! Come in on Wednesday, when we feature any bottle of wine at ½ price! Enjoy in our Dining Room, Patio or Wine Bar during lunch or dinner. 1/2 off bottled wine is not available with any other coupons, discounts or promotional offers

Celebrations, Parties and Business Meetings

Celebrations, Parties and Business Meetings

We can take care of all your party needs from personal to professional events, from 10-100+ guests. Let us work with you to personalize the menu, space and service to fit all of your needs! FREE projector and AV equipment available. E-mail your inquiry to: info@adriaticgrill.com

Best Military Discount Around!

Best Military Discount Around!

We are proud to support the men and women of our Armed Forces, and their families. Our Military discount is good on food and non-alcoholic beverages. Simply show your Military ID to your server and we will deduct it from the bill! Discount is good for all active duty, retired and reserve service members and their immediate dependents, up to 4 people. Military discount is not available with any other coupons, discounts or promotional offers

Adriatic Casa Vino Rosso

Stella, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Abruzzi

$6.50

Glass

Happy Hour

Monday - Saturday from 3:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. And 8:00p.m. - Close; Sunday 12:00p.m.- Close. These select food and beverage items are available during happy hour times in the wine bar only. Happy hour specials are not available with military discount, groupon, charitable gift certificates or any other promotional discounts

Layers of chocolate sponge cake with zabaglione, illy® espresso and dark rum. Topped with espresso-rum whipped cream and dark chocolate shavings. My version of tiramisu. Not traditional...better. Must be 21+ years old.

We have loved the Adriatic Grill for 11 years. Their food is fantastic and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Unfortunately this location closed on 2/15/18 - we went one last time to say goodbye to our favorite Tacoma restaurant. I hope they re-open someplace else soon!

Bittersweet day as our favorite restaurant for the last decade closed its doors. The service was still friendly and welcoming the food was still the quality it has always been. The memories of the place with stay with my wife and I and we wish all our friends the best in their next endeavor.

It was peak dinning time on a Saturday night. We walked up after shopping and were told the wait was 2 hours, I consulted Open Table and got and booked reservations in 45 minutes. We were seated 5 minutes later than our reservation which was good in my mind. The restaurant had sent a text when our table was ready apparently forgetting where they had told us to sit to wait out of the draft of the door. So monitor your cell phone. Server was polite enough but inexperienced in my mind. Menu had been simplified since our last time here. Our party of 4 ordered a pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken and peppers and salmon. Drinks came soon enough and we ordered right away as one of our party had to leave for work in an hour which we conveyed to the waiter. After that we were pretty much left to ourselves until the food came. Water glasses went unfiled and it was difficult at best to get the attention of the waiter. We used one of the bus boys to get our waiter and bill when we wanted to leave. Our order of flatbread ordered as an appetizer came at the end of the meal after half our party had left. Quality of the food was average for a venue of this type. It is one of the better venues to eat at when close to the Tacoma Mall and one of the few to use Open Table in the area. In the future we will consider other options.

Adriatic Grill has been a favorite of my husband’s and mine for a number of years. They’ve made sure we came birthdays and anniversaries by emailing free appys or dessert for special occasions, perks for an already wonderful meal. We’ve taken family and friends there. We are So sorry they are closing but are hopeful Chef Bill and Monique and their staff will reopen. They’ll need another wood fired oven for their delicious focaccia and pizzas.

I say date but we have been married 27 years. We love Adriatic Grill from past experiences and learned to go early as it can take a long time if it’s too busy. Reservations were for 4:30, arrived early, seated quickly. Almost no one there. And yet it was 5:45 before we had appetizers. Really slow for Adriatic Grill. But excellent food.

Our Valentine's Dinner with my family was really nice at the Adriatic Grill. Everyone's entry was excellent, except my husband's Chicken Parm, which was slightly burnt. The bread was fresh, salads very tasty and my Linguine with Clams was delightful. Our Lemon Drop cocktails were also lovely. Our server was Anna, and she provided excellent and friendly service to our table.

Our first time to the Adriatic grill. It is always good to find a locally owned Italian restaurant. The specials sounded good however we chose a couple more traditional dishes. Rigatoni with Bolognese and spaghetti and meatballs. I loves the Bolognese sauce, just the right amount of spices for me. The spaghetti and meatballs was very traditional. Both of these are great litmus tests for my wife and I. We will definitely return to make our way through the menu.

the food is usually good and we were satisfied. the service was terrible. considering that we were trying to spent time with friends. the server was not skilled at when to interrupt, how to serve, what utensils to bring and mostly when to be around and when not to. If we were not with company, we would have requested a different server.

I really like this place but it was a bad night for my server and the kitchen. They were out of two of the menu items I ordered, and the server brought a different entree from what I ordered as well. She wasn’t apologetic about it, and didn’t seem to know what was available on the menu.

Our worst experience here. We’ve been patrons for years and have loved it but not tonight. Almost 2 hours and never got dessert to go with our cold coffee. Will try again but we’re very disappointed this time.

This time I had the polenta for an appetizer and the Chicken Peperonata for my entree. Both were amazing! I highly recommend them! The sauce for the polenta is pretty spicy (which I loved) so a word of caution for those who are sensitive.

As in the past, our experience at Adriatic Grill was fantastic. The food was creative and flavorful, server was friendly. And the prices were very reasonable for the quality of the food. Because it's a "grill" the noise level was a bit high for quiet conversation, but overall fine. A great meal.

The food and service are consistently great here. The chicken Parmesan is delicious. My husband wasn't feeling well and the waitress took time to help him with a light selection. Our son loves the pizza.

Long wait for cold and burnt food. $214 meal ticket not worth it. This was our third and last visit. Waitress was awesome. I don't believe in sending back food and eating in shifts. When I take a party of six out to eat it is to all eat at the same time. Two of my guest had salads so don't thinks four meals should be hard to provide eatable food.

Was my very first experience with this restaurant. Went there with my family on 31 Dec 2017, and we had a good time. Good food, good service, and friendly personnel. Also, there is a discount for military members (10% I believe). For that particular occasion however, it seemed like there was less trust between either the manager and restaurant personnel, or the manager and the customer. Although the waitress asked to visually check military id for discount purpose (which seems normal), they would later ask to take the military id card to the manager when paying for the bill. This may be uncomfortable for some people (including myself). I would suggest the manager come to the client and double-check the ID, if possible.

We found this wonderful place right after moving back to Washington from Florida, and what a find! Our first visit was after a stressful trip, moving, etc. The service was great, Christine was the best, the food was fabulous. I think we dined 5 nights in a row. We now come back as often as possible. Food is great, service friendly and prompt, and we will keep coming back! Thank you for a wonderful place to eat!

Our server was knowledgeable about the wine list and accommodating of our family’s dietary preferences. The food was delicious, and tasted very much like quality ingredients were used. I’d happily go back next time we’re in town!

Xmas Eve dinner at Adriatic Grill was unfortunate & disappointing. I had been to the bar a few months back & it was nice, so we gave it a try. 8:00 PM was the earliest time left when I booked with Open Table and there was only one other seating in the entire place & a few people in the bar when we got there.

They put our party of 4 into a 4 top booth - it was a little cramped with all the winter coats, etc, (which no one offered to take) so I asked to be moved to a round table that sat 5 so we would have more room & were told no.

So I went up to speak to the hostess who said they could move us a table, but not the round one, to a square one for 4, in case a party of 5 came in (?!) again the place was almost empty. Upon taking our order we were informed they were trying to close to go home for xmas eve so if we thought we wanted a 2nd drink we would need to order them at the same time so the bar could close - (?!!) so there are all 4 of us at a square table each w/ water & 2 cocktails - so 12 glasses! We ordered dinner and were told if we wanted dessert we needed to order it now - at the SAME time we ordered dinner (?!!) when our food came, my chicken parm & my daughter's Fettucine were lukewarm, though my two son's meals were hot and they liked them. SO clearly ours had been kept under a warmer. we had ordered 2 choc molten cakes for dessert that were brought out immediately after our meals, served also lukewarm with whipped cream instead of ice cream, which was melted already - inedible - we each had 2 bites. The bill was brought immediately after that - nothing subtle about wanting us out of there - our res was for 8 PM & we were back in our car heading home by 8:45.

I understand wanting to go home, but it was our holiday too, we paid the same price as the 1st guest that night and it would have taken so little effort to make it a lovely meal for us , prevent this review and the lost patronage from us in future & we go out several times a month.

However, we had asked for a booth and they apologized that they "missed" that request... also the reason we were there was to celebrate my son's 12th bday. I had to remind them so they would tell our server. From that perpsective, I was disappointed. The food as always (we have been coming to Adriatic for years) was delish as always and our server did his best & was friendly, but we had to ask for water and bread was scarce (he said they'd been busy earlier.. our reservation was 6p) although the table next to us did not seem to be lacking...

Overall, it was ok. I will say the last few times we have been in, and seated in the restaurant section, its not been that impressive; its definitely not the experience it used to be. Although bar service is usually always on point...

One last thing, just because I have kids (17/12) doesn't mean I want to sit by other (much younger) kids. My kids are basically adult patrons... please ask my preference, or recognize they aren't "littles".

Thank you.We love Adriatic... and will always reccommend and visit. There just needs to be some attn to details I feel in our opinion.

Ambience and service was up to par. Too bad the food was not. My steak salad was dripping wet and completely tasteless. The steak looked like it was just thrown on the plate and have buried in the wet lettuce. Very unappetizing. My husband had a pizza which he said was good, but nothing special. I like coming to AG. Please step it up as this is the 2nd time I have been disappointed. Thank you.

My wife and I love to sit in the bar for dinner. However, this time I had some out of town relatives visiting and decided to sit in the dining room. The service was very slow. One of our party asked for a small caesar salad before dinner, and they came with a field green salad and seemed very confused that is was wrong (plus the server was going to set the plate down to the person on my left by reaching over me, we were at a table not a booth). I had ordered mozzarela marinera for an appetizer, it never arrived. The dining room was not that busy, so I am not sure of the reason for the slow service. Additionally, they were out of bread! What Italian/Mediterranean runs out of bread???

I really do love this restaurant and was very disappointed. It'll be a while before I go back to the dining room.

Received excellent service it was quiet it was comfortable it was relaxing. It was our sister's birthday and it was a perfect place to celebrate. The food was excellent and a good variety. We will be coming back again.